Photo: Public domain · Public domainHow is New Castle run?
New Castle’s city government spent $42.9 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $2,473 per resident. Water and other utilities ($5.3 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how New Castle is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $2,473 per resident a year, or $6.78 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 57%.
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No comparison for New Castle yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). New Castle’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending is up 25% since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years New Castle reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $1,976 · 2024: $2,473.
full-time in March 2025, down from 212 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $911 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.93% of the home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at New Castle’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to New Castle’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in New Castle →
Who’s in charge in New Castle
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
New Castle’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityofnewcastle.net ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 94 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (17,345).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
New Castle Community School Corporation
New Castle’s K–12 school district, shared with Henry Township, Liberty Township. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $15,099 per pupil, $8,664 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Indiana districts overall: 33% local, 56% state, 11% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for New Castle.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityofnewcastle.net ↗
- 2Indiana HouseState representatives
- 3Indiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Indiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach New Castle’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about New Castle’s government
How much does New Castle spend per resident?
About $2,473 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in New Castle?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $911 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.93% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.74% across Indiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityofnewcastle.net.
Who runs New Castle’s government?
See cityofnewcastle.net for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for New Castle yet.
How many people work for New Castle?
185 full-time and 6 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $852,881 (about $10.2M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents New Castle in the state legislature?
State Senate District 27 (Jeff Raatz) and State House District 54 (Cory Criswell). The House district also covers 43 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about New Castle’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →